Demo troubleshooting
Lost cauldron or stuck in potions class? Check these demo fixes
Update an old demo before repeating the potions-class sequence. Eastshade’s 0.465 notes fixed entering the classroom early and the related soft lock when a cauldron had already been put down. Version 0.466 confirmed those changes were live after a temporary rollback. A separate player who could not find their cauldron reloaded a save to leave class. Neither source establishes a command that restores every missing cauldron.
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Match your problem to the patch
- Check your demo version and install the available update if you are using an early April build.
- Compare the trigger: did you enter potions class early after already putting down the cauldron? That is the specific case named in the 0.465 patch.
- Version 0.466 says the 0.465 changes are live too. Do not rely on the original 0.465 announcement alone if you are investigating the brief rollback.
The patch is evidence of a fix for that trigger. It does not establish that an arbitrary discarded or missing item will be recreated when an existing save loads.
If you cannot leave the classroom
In the April 10 report, the player could not find the cauldron in inventory and reloaded a save because they could not leave class. Reloading an earlier save is therefore a reported fallback for that scene, with the cost of losing progress since that save. Before choosing it, check which saves are available and preserve your current files. If a save is missing from Load, use the Windows save-location checks rather than moving files into the game installation.
If an updated demo still has the problem
Record the version, whether the cauldron was in inventory before class, and what you did immediately before it vanished. Include whether the classroom-entry trigger matches the patch. Eastshade promised a fix in the original discussion, but it did not publish a universal recovery procedure there. Do not sell, delete or replace files in an attempt to recreate the cauldron based on that thread.
Sources & version
Public demo context. The full game is planned for September 30, 2026. Source dates are noted below; new evidence checked September 28, 2026.
- Steam: Lost my cauldron somewhere, stuck in class! ↗ — April 10, 2026 player reload and Eastshade’s promised patch; read September 28.
- Steam: demo 0.465 and 0.466 notes ↗ — April 11 classroom-entry/cauldron fix; April 13 confirms the changes after rollback. Read September 28.